The government subsidized (giving money) the building of tracks and then the companies used that money to build more tracks.
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they offered subsidies to build the railroad, gave federal loans, and land once they were finished
They received nothing after. While building, they were granted land and large loans. That is what the government gave them.
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Theodore Judah dreamed of building a railroad in the US that connected the west to the east - a transcontinental railroad.
The Transcontinental Railroad Acts, also known as the Pacific Railroad acts, were acts passed in the early 1860s to encourage the construction of the transcontinental railroad. Construction was incentivized by giving land and bonds to the railroad companies.
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